Annals of The Japanese Respiratory Society:A case of cellular/destructive bronchiolitis obliterans in association with thymoma

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A case of cellular/destructive bronchiolitis obliterans in association with thymoma

Yusuke Ueda^a Yoshiaki Kinoshita^a Nobumitsu Ikeuchi^b Nobuhiko Nagata^c Hisako Kushima^a Hiroshi Ishii^a

^aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital
^bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital
^cDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital

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A 77-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of chronic cough. Chest computed tomography showed centrilobular nodules, bronchiectasis, and an anterior mediastinal mass. An anterior mediastinal mass excision and a surgical lung biopsy were performed, leading to diagnoses of thymoma and cellular/destructive bronchiolitis obliterans, respectively. The patient was treated with a macrolide antibiotic, but the respiratory dysfunction and imaging findings gradually worsened. We herein report a rare case of cellular/destructive bronchiolitis obliterans associated with thymoma.

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Cellular/destructive bronchiolitis obliterans (cellular/destructive BO) Thymoma Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB)

Received 7 Jan 2021 ／ Accepted 1 Mar 2021

AJRS, 10(3): 254-258, 2021

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